Date:         Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:29:19 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
Comments: To: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
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At 01:20 PM 4/15/2010, Old Volks Home wrote:
>for requiring an almost impossible-to-find (at the time) deep socket
>for the damn thing.  I now have the socket and a new auto
>switch.  I'll get to it sometime soon :)

IIRC I used an enormous "Crescent" wrench (2 3/16 opening x 18 long,
cost $13 new, good-to-very good quality Chinese) for that last
spring.  High speed worked, low speed didn't.  Took the baddie apart,
clever design, good coin-silver contacts, random bit of rubbish got
between the low-speed contacts.

>
>BTW, when the auto fan switch went out I was in stop and go traffic
>in Sevierville, TN and what saved my butt from overheating was to
>open & crank up the heater fans fore and aft until I could get to a
>spot to work on the modification.  That quick action brought that
>needle down enough to breathe easy.

Did both speeds fail?  That's interesting -- I don't suppose you have
the dead one still lying around?  I'd pay shipping...

Yrs,
d